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I don't worry about where my distro package manager installs files. Some install methods are outside of your package manager, but try to touch /usr or /opt or
by sevagh 2y ago
I don't worry about where my distro package manager installs files.
Some install methods are outside of your package manager, but try to touch /usr or /opt or /var, like NVIDIA sh scripts and the likes.
- bmicraft 2y agoAnd those should be avoided as much as possible because they're always problematic and break randomly. How could they not break, when the package manager doesn't even know they exist or what they depend on?
- sevagh 2y agoWell now we're going around in circles: 1. External install scripts that put stuff in system directories are sloppy and we don't like them 2. External install scripts that put stuff clearly-named non-hidden directory in your $HOME are better than the above